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Los Angeles TimesJuly 18, 2008Decisions about data collection should not be driven by political and value-laden judgments about marriage. They should be grounded in the demographic and legal realities of this nation. [Link]

Detroit Free PressJuly 18, 2008As Michigan wages a mostly unsuccessful struggle to retain good jobs and well-educated workers, its policy of excluding gays (or exempting them from rights and privileges enjoyed by other citizens, which is the same thing) looks stupider with each passing day. [Link]

Washington BladeJuly 18, 2008Evan Wolfson said he hopes supporters of marriage equality would “all dig a little deeper and support important work in Florida.” But he called California an “absolutely top priority” and said all supporters should contribute to the campaign because a victory there would “tremendously benefit” the nationwide fight for marriage. [Link]

San Francisco Bay TimesJuly 17, 2008Local communities have also expressed support for these weddings. In Santa Cruz, Dinah and Gail, together 26 years, got married and in response, their county clerk said, “When you talk to these couples who have been together decades, it just breaks my heart knowing they couldn’t do this before.” [Link]

MacleansJuly 16, 2008First comes love, then comes marriage — and then, for many couples, comes divorce. Unless, that is, you're gay and you live in a state that doesn't recognize your union. Couples who find themselves in this predicament can face a terrible prospect: being unhappily married for life. [Link]

Associated PressJuly 17, 2008For marriage equality supporters, "it's certainly a step in the right direction. It does show how society is evolving," said Rick Trombley, a gay activist and former Democratic state senator in New Hampshire. [Link]

Los Angeles TimesJuly 17, 2008Scores of United Methodist Church ministers in California are putting their careers on the line in an open revolt against religious edicts that forbid them to conduct weddings for gay and lesbian couples. [Link]

CBS5July 16, 2008"They're waiting in line for half an hour or 45 minutes and they get to your window, and they're happy,'' Chief Deputy Clerk Vicki Petersen said. "I've worked here for almost 22 years and never have we had a time when we got so many thank you cards, so many e-mails, so many letters.'' [Link]